SamKat- ... 'benefits that cannot be paid'

I love the Columbus Dispatch Forum page each day.  Today, E. Thomas McClanahan made a statement I thought very profound:
"The campaign is no longer about the economy.  It's about whether this country will follow the path trod by the Europeans, who traded economic dynamism for what they though was security and ended up buried in debt and "'entitled' to benefits that cannot be paid."

The column was warning Romney to offer an alternative health care plan.  I haven't read that 'tyrade upon rationality which is obamacare', but surely a simpler, more direct and palatable plan should be drawn up by the Republicans now before November.  I hope a lot more thoughtful plan with full consideration of the electorate would be used.

Great excercise and diet ideas from my good Portsmouth OH friends Ron and Bob!

> *Q: Doctor, I've heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life. Is
> this true? *
> A: Heart only good for so many beats, and that it... Don't waste on
> exercise. Everything wear out eventually. Speeding up heart not make you
> live longer; it like saying you extend life of car by driving faster. Want
> to live longer? Take nap.
>
> *Q: Should I reduce my alcohol intake?*
> A: Oh no. Wine made from fruit. Brandy distilled wine, that mean they
> take water out of fruity bit so you get even more of goodness that way.
> Beer also made of grain. Bottom up!
>
> *Q: How can I calculate my body/fat ratio?*
> A: Well, if you have body and you have fat, your ratio one to one. If you
> have two body, your ratio two to one.
>
> *Q: What are some of the advantages of participating in a regular exercise
> program? *
> A: Can't think of single one, sorry. My philosophy: No pain...good!
>
> *Q: Aren't fried foods bad for you?*
> A: YOU NOT LISTENING! Food fried in vegetable oil. How getting more
> vegetable be bad?
>
> *Q* : *Will sit-ups help prevent me from getting a little soft around the
> middle? *
> A: Oh no! When you exercise muscle, it get bigger. You should only be
> doing sit-up if you want bigger stomach.
>
> *Q: Is chocolate bad for me? *
> A: You crazy?!? HEL-LO-O!! Cocoa bean! Another vegetable! It best
> feel-good food around!
>
> *Q: Is swimming good for your figure? *
> A: If swimming good for figure, explain whale to me.
>
> *Q: Is getting in shape important for my lifestyle? *
> A: Hey! 'Round' is shape!
>
> Well... I hope this has cleared up any misconceptions you may have had
> about food and diets.
>
> And remember:
> *Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving
> safely in an attractive and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in
> sideways - Chardonnay in one hand - chocolate in the other - body
> thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO-HOO, what a ride!!"*
>
>
> AND.....
>
> For those of you who watch what you eat, here's the final word on
> nutrition and health. It's a relief to know the truth after all those
> conflicting nutritional studies.
>
> 1. The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than
> Americans.
>
> 2. The Mexicans eat a lot of fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than
> Americans.
>
> 3. The Chinese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks
> than Americans.
>
> 4. The Italians drink a lot of red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than
> Americans...
>
> 5. The Germans drink a lot of beer and eat lots of sausages and fats and
> suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
>
>
> CONCLUSION: *Eat and drink what you like.* *Speaking English is
> apparently what kills you.*

Best thing I have read in a long time Thanks Wash. D.C. friend!

BE SURE TO READ THIS ONE HOW TRUE THIS IS!! Best thing I have read in a long time !!! Warren Buffett, in a recent interview with CNBC, offers one of the best quotes about the debt ceiling: "I could end the deficit in 5 minutes," he told CNBC. "You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for re-election. The 26th amendment (granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds) took only 3 months & 8 days to be ratified! Why? Simple! The people demanded it. That was in 1971 - before computers, e-mail, cell phones, etc. Of the 27 amendments to the Constitution, seven (7) took one (1) year or less to become the law of the land - all because of public pressure. Warren Buffet is asking each addressee to forward this email to a minimum of twenty people on their address list; in turn ask each of those to do likewise. In three days, most people in The United States of America will have the message. This is one idea that really should be passed around. Congressional Reform Act of 2012 1. No Tenure / No Pension. A Congressman/woman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they're out of office. 2. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security. All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system, and Congress participates with the American people. It may not be used for any other purpose. 3. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do. 4. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%. 5. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people. 6. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people. 7. All contracts with past and present Congressmen/women are void effective 12/1/12. The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen/women. Congress made all these contracts for themselves. Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, so ours should serve their term(s), then go home and back to work. If each person contacts a minimum of twenty people then it will only take three days for most people (in the U.S. ) to receive the message. Don't you think it's time? THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS! If you agree, pass it on. If not, delete. You are one of my 20+ - Please keep it going, and thanks -- = =

Perspective Hope and Change? Thanks Ramey!

I may have messed up the pictures placement for my blog, but most of you will receive this from me by email with Ramey's correct placement.  


SamKat

SCAREY, ain't it. Yup, let's give him another four years. WAKE UP.

Physical concept of money, with easy to understand graphics
This is beyond mind-boggling ....

One Hundred Dollars



$100 - Most counterfeited money denomination in the world. Keeps the world moving.


Ten Thousand Dollars




$10,000 - Enough for a great vacation or to buy a used car. Approximately one year of work for the average human on earth.


One Million Dollars




$1,000,000 - Not as big of a pile as you thought, huh? Still this is 92 years of work for the average human on earth

One Hundred Million Dollars




$100,000,000 - Plenty to go around for everyone. Fits nicely on an ISO / Military standard sized pallet.

One Billion Dollars




$1,000,000,000 - You will need some help when robbing the bank. Now we are getting serious!

One Trillion Dollars




$1,000,000,000,000


When the U.S government speaks about a 1.7 trillion deficit - this is the volumes of cash the U.S. Government borrowed in 2010 to run itself.


Keep in mind it is double stacked pallets of $100 million dollars each, full of $100 dollar bills. You are going to need a lot of trucks to freight this around.


If you spent $1 million a day since Jesus was born, you would have not spent $1 trillion by now...but ~$700 billion - same amount the banks got during bailout.


One Trillion Dollars




Comparison of $1,000,000,000,000 dollars to a standard-sized American Football field and European Football field.



15 Trillion Dollars




$15,000,000,000,000 - US national debt (credit bill) has just topped the 15 trillion 2 months before Christmas 2011.


Statue of Liberty seems rather worried as United States national debt passes 20% of the entire world's combined GDP (Gross Domestic Product). In 2011 the National Debt will exceed 100% of GDP, and venture into the 100%+ debt-to-GDP ratio that the European PIIGS have (bankrupting nations).

$ 114.5 Trillion Dollars




$114,500,000,000,000 - US unfunded liabilities
To the right you can see the pillar of cold hard $100 bills that dwarfs the WTC & Empire State Building - both at one point world's tallest buildings. If you look carefully you can see the Statue of Liberty.

The 114.5 Trillion dollar super-skyscraper is the amount of money the U.S. Government knows it does not have to fully fund the Medicare, Medicare Prescription Drug Program, Social Security, Military and civil servant pensions. It is the money USA knows it will not have to pay all its bills.

If you live in USA this is also your personal credit card bill; you are responsible along with everyone else to pay this back. The citizens of USA created the U.S. Government to serve them, this is what the U.S. Government has done while serving The People.

The unfunded liability is calculated on current tax and funding inputs, and future demographic shifts in US Population.

Note: On the above 114.5T image the size of the base of the money pile is half a trillion, not $1T as on 15T image. The height is double. This was done to reflect the base of Empire State and WTC more closely.


You'll know what to do with this email .... God help us.

Editorial - Sad Comic Commentary on our supposed leaders

Only he at 84 could get away with this ....

Hello, dummies! Oh my Gosh, look at you. Anyone else hurt in the accident?

Seriously, Senator Reid has a face of a Saint - A Saint Bernard. Now I know why they call you the arithmetic man. You add partisanship, subtract pleasure, divide attention, and multiply ignorance. Reid is so physically unimposing, he makes Pee Wee Herman look like Mr. T. And Reid's so dumb, he makes Speaker Pelosi look like an intellectual. Nevada is soooo screwed! If I were less polite, I'd say Reid makes Kevin Federline look successful.

Speaking of the Speaker ... Nancy Pelosi, hubba, hubba! Hey baby, you must've been something before electricity. Seriously, the Speaker may look like an idiot and talks like an idiot but don't let that fool you. She really is an idiot.

Charlie Rangel ... still alive and still robbing the taxpayers blind. What does that make, six decades of theft?
Rangel's the only man with a rent-controlled mansion. He's the guy who writes our tax laws but forgot to pay taxes on $75 grand in rental income! So why isn't he the Treasury Secretary? Rangel runs more scams than a Nigerian Banker.

Barney Frank ... he's a better actor than Fred Flintstone. Consider that he and Dodd caused the whole financial meltdown, and they're not only not serving time with Bubba and Rodney, they're still heading up the financial system!
Let's all admit it ... Barney Frank slobbers more than a sheepdog on Novocain.. How did this guy get elected? Oh, that's right ... he's from Massachusetts . That's the state that elects Mr. Charisma, John Kerry -- man of the people!

You know, if Senator Dodd were any more crooked, you could open wine bottles with him.
Here's a news flash, Dodd: when your local newspaper calls you a "lying weasel," it may be time to retire.
Dodd's involved in more shady deals than the Clintons. Even Rangel looks up to him!

Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, I really respect you ... especially given your upbringing ~ All you've overcome. I heard your birth certificate is an apology from the condom factory. I don't know what makes you so dumb, but it really works for you. Personally, I don't think you're a fool, but what's my opinion compared to that of thousands of others?

As for President Obama, what can I say? They say President Obama's arrogant and aloof, but I don't agree.
Now it's true when you enter the room, you have to kiss his ring. I don't mind, but he has it in his back pocket.
His mind is open to new ideas -- so open that ideas simply pass through it. Obama lies so much, I was actually surprised to find out his first name really was Barack.
Just don't ask about his middle name! But Obama was able to set a record ... he actually lied more in 60 days than Bill Clinton.

FOR THOSE THAT VOTED FOR "HOPE AND CHANGE".....

BEND OVER AND PREPARE TO RECEIVE YOUR BOUNTY!
President Obama just completed the UNHOLY and ANTI-AMERICAN TRIFECTA:
1st president in 110 years to miss the annual Army-Navy Football Game.
1st president to not attend any Christmas religious observance.
1st president to stay on vacation after a terrorist attack.

AND ALL IN THE SAME MONTH!

IS HE A GREAT PRESIDENT OR WHAT?!

Supreme Court upholds obamacare

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Repeal Obamacare.

Sam, America's system of checks and balances ensures the Supreme Court's misguided decision will not be the final word on President Obama's government takeover of healthcare. >> Read more of our response to this ruling at our website. We still oppose Obamacare, and conservatives are still united around fully repealing President Obama's government takeover of our health care system. Today's decision is not the end of the fight, it is the beginning! Sincerely, Michael A. Needham Chief Executive Officer Heritage Action for America

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Central vs. Local Government and lawyers

Lawyers-

The education of lawyers require a lot; however, I am unsure that it qualifies them to be most of our representatives in Congress or in the Judiciary.  I guess I have to concede on the Judiciary.  We currently have many lawyers in congress, all lawyers in Judiciary, and a pseudo-lawyer as PUSA.  We have obtained the obamacare thing, very unpopular with us people, pushed through by PUSA, and now somewhat endorsed by the Supreme Court.  I just wonder if the SC. justices should not be called criminal lawyers, as in lawyers who commit crimes of the highest order.

The Civil War was about more than anti-slavery differences.  It was about centralized vs local control of our country.  Long hours of study should not rule out common sense in this republic.  Common sense often  gets to and clarifies points much more effectively.

No, the current decisions against Arizona and for obamacare should not be crammed down the throats of the electorate.  By law, they definitely are. The lawyers are getting things wrong!